From the Ranks

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Charles King. From the Ranks

From the Ranks

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THE END. FOOTNOTE

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Charles King

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Down went the ladder on the dusty road. The hand that Chester had clinched upon the broad shoulder was hurled aside. There was a sudden whirl, a lightning blow that took the captain full in the chest and staggered him back upon the treacherous and entangling rungs, and, ere he could recover himself, the noiseless stranger had fairly whizzed into space and vanished in the darkness up the road. Chester sprang in pursuit. He heard the startled challenge of the sentry, and then Leary's excited "Halt, I say! Halt!" and then he shouted—

"Fire on him, Leary! Bring him down!"

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